Why are questions about suicide removed from this site?

There is a set procedure followed for questions about suicide. when suicide is included in a report using the bottom report button it is recognized and a packet that gives them help sites and other support and advice is sent to the user. It's better to get it removed because some on here treat it like a joke and post very hurtful mean answers.

*************************Staff's post about it

by Yahoo! Answers employee Lou

Rest assured we take this issue very seriously. When reporting any suicide-related question, please mark it as a ToS violation (additional details: suicide).

From there, we have to remove the content (a legal requirement) and then we proceed by sending out a special package with advice on how to cope via email.

This information is compiled with input from leading experts in the field.

Y! Answers Lou"

There is a possibility that leaving suicide questions stay will have a negative effect on other depressed persons and increase their suicidal thoughts.

I was gonna say it's because it possibly violates or goes against the YA! guidelines for answering or asking questions. I imagine it just got removed because the person is probably mentally unstable and YA! is afraid of people answering to the person rudely or being mean, I don't know it's just my guess.

It was deleted because there are a lot of people who don't seem to know the community guidelines. Also, whatever person who works for yahoo that is in charge of deleting reported questions and answers doesn't seem to be reading them to make sure the report was accurate.

I came across a user today who asked whether or not they should kill themselves. There was no details as to the method of ending their life, just a run down of their situation. It was removed by the admin. That's not cool

As cruel as it may seem the question was removed because the person was asking how to harm themselves.

in the event that they didn`t get rid of it it would look as though they have been condoning it. consistent with risk interior the time it takes to discover different solutions you will reconsider this determination. Please don`t do it. think of of your loved ones and what it would do to them. I`m 60 yrs previous and if one in each of my kinfolk chosen to try this i might want to connect them.

its illegal. anything illegal can be reported and removed. But I agree..it kind of cold and heartless when they are looking for help, and ppl like you are trying to do something.

Questions about doing harm to yourself or others aren't allowed. They should've posted this in their livejournal.